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Daniela Filipa da Silva Lopes Rodrigues. She completed her PhD in Chemical Engineering on July 6, 2023, at the University of Coimbra, her Master’s degree in Biochemistry on September 25, 2014, at the University of Coimbra, Faculty of Science and Technology, and her Bachelor’s degree in Biochemistry on June 28, 2013, also at the University of Coimbra, Faculty of Science and Technology. She is a Doctorate Initial Level Researcher in the ATE Project (PRR – C644914747-00000023) at the Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto. She has published 7 articles in peer-reviewed journals and authored 2 book chapters. She has received 1 award. She has participated as a Research Fellow in 2 projects, a Postdoctoral Fellow in 1 project, and a Postdoctoral Researcher in 1 project. Her work focuses on Engineering Sciences and Technologies, with an emphasis on Chemical Engineering, and on Natural Sciences, with an emphasis on Biological Sciences, particularly Biochemistry. In her Ciência Vitae curriculum, the most frequent terms associated with her scientific, technological, and artistic-cultural output include: Process Engineering; Environment; Biotechnology; Energy; dye-sensitized solar cells; polymers; co-adsorbents; polymer gel electrolytes; reversible addition–fragmentation chain-transfer polymerization; Photodynamic Therapy; controlled polymers; cancer; photosensitizer; cell death; Mobility; Advanced Production Systems; Mechanical Engineering; Advanced Materials – Raw Materials.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Daniela Filipa da Silva Lopes Rodrigues

Citation names

  • Rodrigues, Daniela F. S. L.

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
C115-5486-59BD
ORCID iD
0000-0002-1969-2962

Knowledge fields

  • Engineering and Technology - Chemical Engineering
  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Biochemistry

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
Spanish; Castilian Beginner (A1) Intermediate (B1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1)
English Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1)
Education
Degree Classification
2017/10/01 - 2023/07/06
Concluded
 PhD in Chemical Engineering (Doutoramento)
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
"Fabrication of high efficiency dye sensitized solar cells using tailor made polymers" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Approved with Distinction and Praise, 18/20
2014/09/25
Concluded
 Master's in Biochemistry (Mestrado)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
"Estudo da Actividade Biológica in vitro de Moléculas Fotossensibilizadoras para Terapia Fotodinâmica / Study of the in vitro Biological Activity of Photosensitizing Molecules for Photodynamic Therapy" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 16
2013/06/28
Concluded
 Degree in Biochemistry (Licenciatura)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
"Técnicas para detecção de polimorfismos e mutações / Techniques for detecting polymorphisms and mutations" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 13
Affiliation

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2024/05/03 - Current Doctorate Initial Level Researcher at ATE Project (PRR - C644914747-00000023) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
Universidade do Porto Laboratorio de Engenharia de Processos Ambiente Biotecnologia e Energia, Portugal
2024/02 - 2024/07 Science and Technology Management Universidade do Porto Laboratorio de Engenharia de Processos Ambiente Biotecnologia e Energia, Portugal
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2023/09/20 - 2024/05/02 Post-doctoral research fellow in the H2DRIVEN Project (PRR - C644923817-00000037) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
Universidade do Porto Laboratorio de Engenharia de Processos Ambiente Biotecnologia e Energia, Portugal
2022/12/22 - 2023/06/30 Research Fellow in the Baterias 2030 Project (POCI-01-0247-FEDER-046109) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Engenharia Mecânica Materiais e Processos, Portugal
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2022/05/01 - 2022/10/31 Research Fellow (UIDP/00285/2020 - L.780557) Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Engenharia Mecânica Materiais e Processos, Portugal
Universidade do Porto Laboratorio de Engenharia de Processos Ambiente Biotecnologia e Energia, Portugal
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2017/10/01 - 2022/04/30 Doctoral Fellow (SFRH/BD/131818/2017 e COVID/BD/152163/2021) Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Engenharia Mecânica Materiais e Processos, Portugal
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2017/04/26 - 2017/09/30 Research Fellow in the FLEXIVINIL Project (POCI-01-0247-FEDER-003320) (Preparação e caracterização de co-polímeros de base PVC). Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Engenharia Mecânica Materiais e Processos, Portugal
Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Engenharia Quimica, Portugal
2016/01/01 - 2017/03/29 Unaffiliated researcher Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Química de Coimbra, Portugal
2013/06/01 - 2016/02/01 -Secretary of the General Assembly; -Representative of A.D.C.R. Pereira on the Pereira Parish Social Commission; -General Secretary. Associação Desportiva, Cultural e Recreativa de Pereira, Portugal
Projects

Contract

Designation Funders
2024/05/03 - Current ATE - Aliança para a Transição Energética
PRR - C644914747-00000023
Post-doc
Ongoing
2023/09/20 - 2024/05/02 H2DRIVEN - H2 como vetor de metanol verde para indústria química e mobilidade pesada
PRR - C644923817-00000037
Post-doc Fellow
Ongoing
2020/01/01 - 2023/12/31 Laboratório de Engenharia de Processos, Ambiente, Biotecnologia e Energia
UIDB/00511/2020
10.54499/UIDB/00511/2020
Universidade do Porto Laboratorio de Engenharia de Processos Ambiente Biotecnologia e Energia, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2020/01/01 - 2023/12/31 Laboratório de Engenharia de Processos, Ambiente, Biotecnologia e Energia
UIDP/00511/2020
10.54499/UIDP/00511/2020
Universidade do Porto Laboratorio de Engenharia de Processos Ambiente Biotecnologia e Energia, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2022/12/22 - 2023/06/30 As baterias como elemento central para a sustentabilidade urbana
C34/2019/46109
Research Fellow
INESC Microsistemas e Nanotecnologias, Portugal

Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Tecnologia e Ciência, Portugal

Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal

International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory, Portugal

Laboratório Nacional de Energia e Geologia, Portugal

Secil Companhia Geral de Cal e Cimento SA, Portugal

Universidade do Minho, Portugal

Universidade do Porto, Portugal

Centitvc Centro de Nanotecnologia e Materiais Técnicos Funcionais e Inteligentes, Portugal

Efacec Power Solutions, Portugal
2019/01/01 - 2019/12/31 Centro de Engenharia Mecânica
UID/EMS/00285/2019
Universidade do Porto, Portugal

Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Portugal

Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2017/04 - 2017/09 FLEXIVINIL
POCI-01-0247-FEDER-003320 – FLEXIVINIL
Research Fellow
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. Veríssimo, Luís M. P.; Ribeiro, Ana C. F.; Rodrigues, Daniela F. S. L.; Cabral, Ana M. T. D. P. V.; Esteso, M. A.. "Influence of Fructose in the Diffusion of Sodium Borate in Aqueous Solutions at 298.15 K". In Research Methods and Applications in Chemical and Biological Engineering, 83-94. Apple Academic Press, 2019.
    10.1201/9780429424137-7
  2. Rodrigues, Daniela. "Fructose and Its Impact on the Diffusion of Electrolytes in Aqueous Systems". 2018.
Conference poster
  1. Rodrigues, D. F. S. L.; Santos, F.; Abreu, C. M. R.; Coelho, Jorge F. J.; Serra, A. C.; Ivanou, D.. "Poly(4-vinylpyridine) as new co-adsorbent and dye anchoring agent for efficient and stable dye-sensitized solar cells". Paper presented in Solar Power Technologies - SPTech 2021, 2021.
  2. Célia F. Frias; Carlos M. R. Abreu; Rodrigues, Daniela F. S. L.; Joana Marques; Arnaldo Tomas; Arménio C. Serra; Jorge F. J. Coelho. "An industrializable solution for flexible pvc without external plasticizers". Paper presented in World congress on chemistry. Rome, Italy, 2018.
  3. Luis M.P. Verissimo; Rodrigues, Daniela; Miguel A. Esteso; Victor M.M. Lobo; Ana C. F. Ribeiro. "Influence of fructose on the diffusion of sodium tetraborate at 25 °C". Paper presented in XXI Meeting of the Portuguese Electrochemical Society, XVIII Iberian Electrochemistry Meeting. Bragança, Portugal, 2016.
  4. Luis M.P. Verissimo; Rodrigues, Daniela; Miguel A. Esteso; Ana C.F. Ribeiro. "Diffusion Coefficients of K2HPO4 in the Presence of Fructose at 298.15 K". Paper presented in Escuela de Química 2016. Alcalá de Henares (Madrid), Espanha, 2016.
Journal article
  1. Daniela F. S. L. Rodrigues; Carlos M. R. Abreu; Frédéric Sauvage; Jorge F. J. Coelho; Arménio C. Serra; Dzmitry Ivanou; Adélio Mendes. "Improved Interfacial Electron Dynamics with Block Poly(4-vinylpyridine)–Poly(styrene) Polymers for Efficient and Long-Lasting Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells". ACS Applied Polymer Materials (2024): https://doi.org/10.1021/acsapm.4c01238.
    10.1021/acsapm.4c01238
  2. Rodrigues, Daniela F.S.L.; Martins, Jorge; SAUVAGE, Frédéric; Abreu, Carlos M.R.; Coelho, Jorge F.J.; Serra, Arménio C.; Ivanou, Dzmitry; Mendes, Adélio. "Suppression of back electron recombination on the photoanode-electrolyte interface with poly(4-vinylbenzoic acid) and poly(4-vinylpyridine) co-adsorbents for stable and efficient dye-sensitized solar cells". Surfaces and Interfaces 44 (2024): 103627. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.surfin.2023.103627.
    10.1016/j.surfin.2023.103627
  3. Abreu, Carlos M.R.; Fonseca, Ana C.; Rodrigues, Daniela F.S.L.; Rezende, Talita C.; Marques, Joana R.C.C.; Tomás, Arnaldo J.C.; Gonçalves, Pedro M.F.O.; Serra, Arménio C.; Coelho, Jorge F.J.. "Preparation of nonmigratory flexible poly(vinyl chloride)-b-poly(n-butyl acrylate)-b-poly(vinyl chloride) via aqueous reversible deactivation radical polymerization in a pilot reactor". Reactive and Functional Polymers 170 (2022): 105138. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.reactfunctpolym.2021.105138.
    Published • 10.1016/j.reactfunctpolym.2021.105138
  4. Rodrigues, Daniela F. S. L.; Santos, Fátima; Abreu, Carlos M. R.; Coelho, Jorge F. J.; Serra, Arménio C.; Ivanou, Dzmitry; Mendes, Adélio. Corresponding author: Ivanou, Dzmitry. "Passivation of the TiO2 Surface and Promotion of N719 Dye Anchoring with Poly(4-vinylpyridine) for Efficient and Stable Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells". ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering 9 17 (2021): 5981-5990. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.1c00842.
    10.1021/acssuschemeng.1c00842
  5. Rodrigues, Daniela. "Limiting values of diffusion coefficients of glycine, alanine, a-amino butyric acid, norvaline and norleucine in a relevant physiological aqueous médium". The European Physical Journal E (2017):
    10.1140/epje/i2017-11511-y
  6. Rodrigues, Daniela. "Drug delivery systems: study of inclusion complex formation for ternary Caffeine-ß-Cyclodextrin-Water mixtures from apparent molar volume values at 298.15 K and 310.15 K". Journal of Molecular Liquids (2016):
    10.1016/j.molliq.2016.08.035
  7. Esteso, Miguel; Santos, Cecilia I.A.V.; Ribeiro, Ana C.F.; Rodrigues, Daniela F. S. L.; Romero, Carmen M.; Teijeiro, Carmen. "Drug delivery systems: study of inclusion complex formation for ternary Caffeine-¿-Cyclodextrin-Water mixtures from apparent molar volume values at 298.15 K and 310.15 K". Journal of Molecular Liquids 223 (2016): 209-216.
    Published
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. "Fabrication of high efficiency dye sensitized solar cells using tailor made polymers". PhD, Universidade de Coimbra, 2023.
  2. Rodrigues, Daniela. "Estudo da Actividade Biológica in vitro de Moléculas Fotossensibilizadoras para Terapia Fotodinâmica / Study of the in vitro Biological Activity of Photosensitizing Molecules for Photodynamic Therapy". Master, Universidade de Coimbra, 2014. https://hdl.handle.net/10316/28193.
  3. Rodrigues, Daniela. "Técnicas para detecção de polimorfismos e mutações / Techniques for detecting polymorphisms and mutations". Degree, Universidade de Coimbra, 2012.

Other

Other output
  1. Characterization of Amino acids in Aqueous Solutions as seen by diffusion technique. 12th International Meeting on Thermodiffusion. Comunicação oral no 12th International Meeting on Thermodiffusion.. 2016. Ana C. F. Ribeiro; M. Melia Rodrigo; Miguel A. Esteso; Marisa C. F. Barros; Rodrigues, Daniela; Luis M. P. Verissimo; Carmen Romero.
Activities

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2025/11/18 - 2025/11/18 Invitation to participate in laboratory practice of the Renewable Energies class of the Master's degree in chemical engineering, environmental engineering and physical engineering at FEUP to teach about the preparation and operation of DSSC and PSC technology. Engenharia Química (Licenciatura) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal

Mentoring / Tutoring

Topic Student name
2025/07 - 2025/09 Battery-Free IoT Powered by Indoor Light Axel Devigne (from Cesi, École D'ingénieurs; Assat - France)

Scientific expedition

Activity description Institution / Organization
2025/11/09 - 2025/11/09 Co-taught the workshop "Solar Energy: Conversion, Storage, and its Applications in Chemical Engineering" alongside Dr. Tânia Lopes, Dr. Paula Dias, and Eng. Filipe Francisco as part of the Chemical Engineering Conference at Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto. Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2025/06/26 - 2025/06/26 Participation in the ATE Conference "Leading Change - Solutions for a New Energy Paradigm". Presentation of the prototype 3V DSSCs module with polymer gel electrolyte, produced in accordance with the ATE agenda. This event provided an opportunity to learn about 15 ATE solutions that address the challenges of decentralization, digitalization, sustainable industries, and smart mobility—key areas for the future of the energy sector in Portugal. https://aate.pt/pt/conferencia-ate-2/ Aliança para a Transição Energética, Portugal
2025/03/26 - 2025/03/26 Participation in "Scientifically Probable Program - Schools". Presentation of the work carried out in the LEPABE research group on Processes, Products and Energy, specifically the production and application of Dye-sensitized Solar Cells and Perovskite Solar Cells. This is an initiative with the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Science, Technology and Higher Education to promote knowledge and enrich the educational path of young people, establishing closer links between higher education institutions and primary and secondary schools. Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2025/03/18 - 2025/03/18 Lecture/Workshop on the topic "Solar cells and sodium batteries: a revolution for the energy of the future" to elementary and high school students at Agrupamento de Escolas de Carvalhos (Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal). Agrupamento de Escolas de Carvalhos, Portugal
2024/04/11 - 2024/04/14 Organization and participation in "Mostra U.Porto". Mostra UP is an annual informational initiatives aimed at disseminating the scientific research conducted at LEPABE to young individuals, professors and the general public, highlighting the options available for pursuing their studies at the University of Porto, as well as position the University of Porto on the national stage. Universidade do Porto, Portugal
2024/03/19 - 2024/03/21 Participation in the "Engineer Profession Week". Presentation sessions and demonstrations of the work carried out in the LEPABE research group on Processes, Products and Energy, specifically the production and application of Dye-sensitized Solar Cells and Perovskite Solar Cells. This event is dedicated to the presentation of Bachelor's degrees available at FEUP and their future career prospects to high-school students. https://fe.up.pt/escolas/spe/inscricoesspe24/ Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2023/11/20 - 2023/11/26 Participation in the "Science and Technology Week". Presentation of the research work carried out in the Processes, Products and Energy Research Group of LEPABE regarding Dye-sensitized Solar Cells and Perovskite Solar Cells for solving the climate crisis. This event is dedicated to the presentation of the engineering career to high-school students and professors and the general public. https://sigarra.up.pt/feup/en/noticias_geral.ver_noticia?P_NR=156971 Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
Distinctions

Award

2021 Winner of the e-poster communication in the area of Dye-sensitized solar cells
Conferência Solar Power Technologies - SPTech 2021, Portugal